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Orders and turnover in industry, September 2017:

Orders to industry increased in September

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-11-06 9.30

Total orders to industry increased by 4.7 percent in September 2017 compared with August, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with September 2016, total orders to industry increased by 11.2 percent, in calendar-adjusted figures.

A majority of the industrial sub-sectors showed a positive monthly development, in seasonally adjusted figures. The industry for other transport equipment had the largest increase in orders, with an increase of 46.2 percent compared with August. The development in total orders to industry was positive in both the domestic and export markets. Compared to August, the domestic market increased by 4.3 percent and the export market increased by 6.3 percent, both in seasonally adjusted figures.

On an annual basis, total orders to industry increased by 11.2 percent compared with September 2016, in calendar-adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden increased by 11.0 percent and orders received from customers abroad increased by 11.3 percent.

During the period January−September, the orders to industry across both markets were 6.5 percent higher than the corresponding period in 2016, in calendar adjusted figures. The domestic market increased by 6.9 percent and the export market increased by 6.1 percent.

The figures for September are preliminary. Since the previous publication, seasonally adjusted monthly development in August has been revised downwards by 0.3 percentage points to a decrease of 2.1 percent, compared with July. The calendar-adjusted development in August has been revised downwards by 0.2 percentage points to an increase of 6.1 percent, compared with August 2016.

For a more comprehensive understanding of the statistics, it is relevant to analyse the seasonal and calendar adjustments’ effects on the statistics.

Percent changes in orders

NACE 2007

INDUSTRY TITLE

Sep 2017/ Aug 2017[1]

Jan-Sep 2017/ Jan-Sep 2016 [2]

Sep 2017/ Sep 2016 [2]

Share of orders in total industry 2010
    Tot Dom Exp Tot Dom Exp Tot Dom Exp  
B+C
Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry
4.7 4.3 6.3 6.5 6.9 6.1 11.2 11.0 11.3 100.0
-
Intermediate goods industry
4.1 6.2 ‑0.1 3.6 8.1 0.3 5.9 11.1 1.5 39.0
-
Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D
‑9.3 3.9 ‑15.3 7.4 ‑0.6 16.9 0.5 6.9 ‑5.5 2.0
-
Capital goods industry
20.5 10.5 27.1 14.4 15.3 14.0 31.5 26.8 33.0 36.0
-
Non-durable consumer goods industry
‑1.8 ‑2.7 ‑0.9 ‑1.4 ‑1.0 ‑2.1 ‑8.5 ‑3.8 ‑16.8 20.0
-
Durable consumer goods industry
7.8 10.4 ‑0.5 ‑5.3 ‑0.7 ‑12.2 ‑3.9 5.1 ‑17.8 2.0
B
Mines and quarries
13.2 7.7 15.4 3.5 11.8 ‑5.0 11.7 32.5 ‑9.5 2.8
C
Manufacturing industry
8.8 4.7 14.9 6.5 6.8 6.4 11.0 10.6 11.3 97.2
10-12
Food product, beverage and tobacco industry
‑2.9 ‑2.5 ‑4.3 ‑0.4 ‑0.7 0.4 ‑2.9 ‑3.4 ‑0.6 9.8
13-15
Industry for textile and leather products
2.5 7.0 ‑0.9 ‑1.7 4.0 ‑6.8 1.2 10.3 ‑7.3 0.5
16
Industry for wood and wood products
2.6 1.9 3.0 3.8 6.0 ‑0.9 1.3 5.4 ‑7.2 4.3
17
Industry for pulp, paper and paper products
‑0.5 0.4 ‑0.2 3.1 0.4 3.7 ‑0.9 ‑2.4 ‑0.5 7.8
18
Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media
‑4.9 ‑2.3 ‑6.3 6.7 ‑3.0 205.4 15.8 ‑3.1 440.5 1.3
19
Industry for coke and refined petroleum products
‑9.3 3.9 ‑15.3 7.4 ‑0.6 16.9 0.5 6.9 ‑5.5 5.4
20-21
Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products
1.7 1.9 3.1 ‑1.1 5.0 ‑2.5 ‑12.7 11.8 ‑17.6 8.0
22
Industry for rubber and plastic products
3.6 3.0 1.5 4.7 6.7 2.9 5.4 8.2 2.9 2.4
23
Industry for other non-metallic mineral products
4.0 4.3 0.7 10.5 13.0 ‑2.3 7.7 8.7 0.8 2.2
24
Industry for basic metals
3.3 ‑3.2 6.8 5.1 3.5 5.7 11.4 2.1 15.8 8.7
25
Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
10.6 7.1 11.9 5.1 10.1 ‑4.2 10.7 12.6 7.3 6.6
26
Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
‑6.7 19.5 ‑14.7 7.0 8.8 6.6 ‑3.4 25.5 ‑9.5 7.5
27
Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment
‑5.5 8.1 ‑22.4 ‑1.5 22.4 ‑13.3 9.9 26.4 ‑1.0 4.1
28
Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.
6.0 0.9 10.2 11.7 6.6 13.8 13.3 12.0 13.4 10.8
29
Industry for motor vehicles
35.2 13.7 48.9 21.6 13.6 24.6 57.1 47.1 61.8 11.8
30
Industry for other transport equipment
46.2 34.1 63.4 ‑8.5 81.8 ‑41.3 15.5 32.2 3.8 1.6
31-33
Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment
2.0 6.1 ‑2.5 0.9 2.9 ‑3.3 ‑0.7 7.0 ‑15.3 4.4

1) Calendar and seasonally adjusted figures 2) Calendar adjusted figures

Definitions and explanations

Revisions

When the orders index and the turnover index for a new month are published, the indices for previous months are also revised. The material is normally revised for between two and four months retroactively, depending on which month of the quarter is the reference month. The whole previous quarter is revised when publishing the first and second months of a quarter. Calendar-adjusted figures, seasonally adjusted figures and trend figures are revised from January 2000 onwards.

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